ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – More than 2,000 lawyers and flag-waving opposition supporters rallied outside the Supreme Court in the Pakistani capital on Tuesday in support of the countryâ€™s suspended top judge who appealed for a public hearing.

Cairo–Local officials of Egyptâ€™s religious affairs ministry have refused to apply a circular issued by the minister ordering any murshidat (female preachers) wearing the full-face niqab to be removed from mosques and put to administrative tasks.

NEW DELHI â€“ Amid the backdrop of hectic parleys and high level meetings held in the capital city for about a week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided on Friday (March 30) to set up an expert panel to review the application of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

Every day, hundreds of passengers, mostly Muslims, returning from their countries of origin or arriving as tourists are held at various international airports across the U.S. for long hours of questioning by security staff for reasons best known to only Washington authorities.

Mir guesses that it has been the lack of human intelligence that has prevented Bin Laden from being caught. Both the U.S., Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as the various lesser allies lack a solid strategy for this struggle…

BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Around 20 Muslim clerics from around the world called on Wednesday for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, but no clerics from the war-shattered country made it to the meeting in Indonesia.